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Planners question putting daycare and residential-care uses in industrial zones
Summary
Commissioners debated whether family day care homes, residential care facilities and vocational schools belong in industrial zones; many favored commercial zoning for care uses and use permits for recreation/entertainment to give more public oversight.
Several commissioners expressed discomfort with allowing family day care homes and residential care facilities by right in industrial zones. One commissioner argued these uses are "more appropriate in commercial" and that allowing them in industrial areas could put vulnerable populations next to heavy industrial operations.
The commission discussed using administrative use permits (AUP) or formal use permits (UP) for larger recreational or vocational uses so the planning commission retains oversight when neighborhood impacts—traffic, safety and public outcry—are likely. Staff (S1) noted the draft may have been written for more urban contexts and needs tailoring to Siskiyou County's rural realities; the commissioners asked staff to adjust the table accordingly and return with edits.
